MALICIOUS
198
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file contains XFA forms and embedded scripts, triggering high-severity heuristics for embedded files and XFA scripts. ML classification and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81'. The embedded scripts likely facilitate the download and execution of a secondary payload, a common technique for PDF-based exploits.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 8
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XFA form contains risky executable script high PDF_XFA_SCRIPTPDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream low PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/
Extracted artifacts 8
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0008.bin04462f810d6eacdacecc9d0a5f3f81bebc722af4415e04da19b520338f642b51 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1AB | 67 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0009.bin6b2260d3c78649345d3f0b850b831d545d33bb7017ccdf438cdfe1e9db7f2db2 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x238 | 294 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0010.bin85591b80eb9cc9303c8c9da815f3f2ef74ccb1572ec01c7febb0a9b604534f57 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x3A9 | 627 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0011.bin6a8528f382b0c1874cabe078ca7083554b0ee33df910826a142b42b8c67eb628 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x667 | 26286 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0012.bin103d1e7983cf88bfacedddb4af33ffb5317d9c2c8b3e1bfd987b2c5d712bc985 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6D60 | 323 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0014.binc528c50a69ef659a16eebec20becdbbd7d4663c2edb5d2c3efffc965d0ec1830 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x6EED | 194 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0015.bine6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0x6FF5 | 77 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0016.bin92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x7089 | 56 bytes |
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